Posterity Quotes

276 quotes by 192 authors

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the… — Abraham Lincoln
In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing… — Henry David Thoreau
The Lord clearly defined the roles of providing for and rearing a righteous posterity. In the beginning, Adam, not Eve, was instructed to earn the… — Ezra Taft Benson
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we… — Charlie Pierce
The innovative process is a fragile one, dependent on a complex, often messy interplay of imagination, competition, and exchange. Curbing new ideas hurts not only… — Virginia Postrel
The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make… — Jonathan Zittrain
Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived. — E. Joseph Cossman
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything. — Pierre de Fermat
Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity,… — Algernon Sidney
And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries,… — Dudley North
Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful… — William Kingdon Clifford
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose… — Marguerite Gardiner
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look… — Edmund Burke
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving… — Mike Stoller
At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than… — Danny Aiello
When a man says he is building a house for himself and his posterity, he does not mean to be understood as saying that he… — Lysander Spooner
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead… — Edward Everett Hale
Time will reveal everything to posterity; it is a babbler and speaks even when no question is put — Euripides
My advice for posterity? Live by principle - that's all. — Steve Wallace
That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society,… — John J. Sweeney

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